Life of George Washington...J. Stockdale, 1808 - 560 Seiten |
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... Observations of the Commander in Chief upon it - Suffer- ings of the army for the want of Provisions and Clothing- Measures adopted by the Commander in Chief to obtain Supplies - Methods taken to recruit the Army - Sir Henry Clinton ...
... Observations of the Commander in Chief upon it - Suffer- ings of the army for the want of Provisions and Clothing- Measures adopted by the Commander in Chief to obtain Supplies - Methods taken to recruit the Army - Sir Henry Clinton ...
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... observations . To " The certainty of advantage by an offensive scheme of action , renders it , beyond any doubt , much preferable to our defensive measures . prove this to you , Sir , requires , I presume , no ar- guments . Our ...
... observations . To " The certainty of advantage by an offensive scheme of action , renders it , beyond any doubt , much preferable to our defensive measures . prove this to you , Sir , requires , I presume , no ar- guments . Our ...
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... observe , in justification of my own conduct , that it is with pleasure I receive reproof when reproof is due , because no person can be readier to accuse me , than I am to acknowledge an er- ror when I have committed it ; nor more de ...
... observe , in justification of my own conduct , that it is with pleasure I receive reproof when reproof is due , because no person can be readier to accuse me , than I am to acknowledge an er- ror when I have committed it ; nor more de ...
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... observe , that after having conversed with all the guides , and having been informed by others acquainted with the country , I am con- vinced that a road to be compared with General Braddock's , or , indeed , that will be fit for trans ...
... observe , that after having conversed with all the guides , and having been informed by others acquainted with the country , I am con- vinced that a road to be compared with General Braddock's , or , indeed , that will be fit for trans ...
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... observed , on account of high waters , was not founded ; he had himself passed with a body of men , the Yohogany , the most rapid stream and the soonest filled of any on the road , after thirty days of almost incessant rain . The ...
... observed , on account of high waters , was not founded ; he had himself passed with a body of men , the Yohogany , the most rapid stream and the soonest filled of any on the road , after thirty days of almost incessant rain . The ...
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